Push press 300, deadlift 600

[BangItOut]

Squat: 315x5x3 (PR)
Push Press: 190x5, 195x5x2 (PR)
Chin-up: 6, 5, 5
Wrist Roller

Squat: Once I unracked the weight I thought "hey this isn't so heavy" and after I squatted it I knew I was ok. I just remembered to lift with my butt and the weight went up like magic. They did kick my ass though.

Push Press: Coming after the squat, these weren't easy. My abs and lower back felt like jell-o going in. I realized after the first set that I had the bar incorrectly weighted, so I bumped it up. On the last rep of the last set, I pushed it up and it stalled for a sec; then I was able to blast through the sticking point with pure triceps power.

I'm alternating the push press with the bench press instead of microloading bench. I feel like it really helps the press too.

Also did the ab wheel and the titan's telegraph key two nights ago.

[BangItOut]

Squat : 250x5x2
Press: 172.5x5x3 (PR)
Romanian Deadlift: 275x5x3 (PR)
Barbell Curl: 115x3x3

Press: Starting to get tough now. My wrists were sore from the push presses and I felt it here.

Curl: The exercise you love to hate and hate to love. I hit my triceps hard every time at the gym and like to balance out my arm as long as I feel like it won't affect the recovery on my main lifts.

[BangItOut]

Squat: 320x5x3 (PR)
Bench Press: 250x5x3 (PR)
Chin-up: 8, 7, 6
Wrist Roller

Bench Press: I re-tweaked my left shoulder during the warm-up. It's always the damn warm-up. This time it was on 95lbs. Even though it felt a little funny, I kept going and focused on lifting it from the rack without hurting myself. All the lifts felt fine after, but I still feel a little something in my shoulder.

Chin-up: I can bang out more of these if I go faster, but I get off balance and start swaying.

Wrist Roller: I gained .5" on each forearm in the past two weeks by doing these. I went from 12.5" to 13" (cold, unflexed, taken at the widest part).

[BangItOut]

Squat: 325x5x3 (PR)
Press: 175x5x3 (PR)
45 degree Back Extension: 10x10x3
Chin-up: 9, 6, 5
Wrist Roller

Press: Can't wait to hit 185, but I might need a reset before that.

Chin-up: It's easier going faster because I can use the stretch reflex, but I start swaying. I'll need to figure out how to fix that.

I was waiting for EliteFTS to come out with a new belt since they discontinued their retro belt. They told me a month ago it was coming out very soon, but I emailed them last week and got no response. I'll go with a 10mm Inzer lever belt instead.

[BangItOut]

Squat: 260x5x2
Push Press: 200x5x3 (PR)
Deadlift: 365x4 (PR)
Barbell Curl: 100x8,4,3

Push Press: These are a lot easier when they're not immediately preceded by heavy ass squats. I'm pretty sure I can push press my bodyweight now.

Deadlift: As much as I like this exercise, I suck at it. I almost made my 5th rep but just couldn't totally lock it out so I'm counting it as a miss. Locking it out has always been my weak point, which is probably due to not power cleaning.

[BangItOut]

Squat: 330x5x3 (PR)
Press: 177.5x5x3 (PR)
Chin-up: 10, 7, 5
Wrist Roller

My lower back wasn't too happy with me deadlifting heavy last time and then doing heavy squats and presses. I made my reps though.

Chin-up: Focused on controlling my descent and using the stretch reflex. This will take some practice.

[Mr.City]

Goddamn, you're still making 5 lb jumps on the bench?

[2big2fail]

Nice work. Looks like you're keeping things moving right along.

[BangItOut]

Goddamn, you're still making 5 lb jumps on the bench?

Yeah, but I've been alternating it with the push press so it's not going up too fast. That was the choice I made instead of microloading the bench.

Nice work. Looks like you're keeping things moving right along.

Thanks. It's tough work but it's sure worth it.

[BangItOut]

Squat: 335x5x3 (PR)
Bench Press: 255x5x3 (PR)
Chin-up: 8, 8, 5
Wrist Roller

Squat: I'm really feeling the benefit of correct form now. On one of my reps I shifted too far forward and it took the energy of two proper reps.

Bench Press: At first I thought the spotter was giving a little too much help but I was stoked to find out this wasn't the case. These are getting easier since my press is going up at the same rate. I probably could've done 8 reps on my last set.

Weight is 225.